It's sad and it's sweet, and I knew it complete...

January 19, 2015 8:08 PM

Inspired by yesterdays post about forgotten 90s songs: I have a tantalizing musical memory, on the cusp of being forgotten altogether:

To wit: this was a song from the early 90s, a sort of indie rock or Riot Girl song with sugary female vocals, and the only thing I remember is a chorus or refrain that includes the line: "I turned the tide" over and over again.

posted by Captain l'escalier to Media & Arts (10 answers total)

Blondie? The Tide is High
posted by raisingsand at 8:27 PM on January 19, 2015

Did you see the sign?
posted by modofo at 8:29 PM on January 19, 2015 [2 favorites]

I totally know what song you're talking about, and I can't remember the name or artist either. I think the lyrics might be slightly off - like, it's not "tide" but I can't remember what it is. But I'm pretty sure I know what you're talking about, it's locked up in my head somewhere too.

"Iiiiiiiii turned the tide."
posted by maryr at 8:31 PM on January 19, 2015

Response by poster: Definitely not Blondie or Ace of Base. It wasn't pop, this had sort of jangly guitars (think Lush or early Breeders) and two singers or multitracked vocals. Might have been a local or regional group that never made it...
posted by Captain l'escalier at 8:57 PM on January 19, 2015

When you say sugary girly voice I think of the Murmurs (their most famous song was You Suck if that rings a bell?), but I don't know if any of their others has the lyric you remember.
posted by LobsterMitten at 9:51 PM on January 19, 2015

Waiting for the tide, perhaps?
posted by escapepod at 10:47 PM on January 19, 2015

Maybe this one from "Sylver"?
posted by evil_esto at 4:29 AM on January 20, 2015

If it's a misremembered lyric, as maryr suggests, could you be thinking of The Sign, by Ace of Base?
posted by blurker at 11:53 AM on January 20, 2015

not the same lyrics but similar sounding words: nothing natural?
posted by ghostbikes at 1:15 PM on January 20, 2015

Could it be...Roxette - Turn of the Tide?
posted by Soap D. Spencer at 7:24 PM on January 20, 2015